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31 Recent Horror Books by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. You can also listen to our episode on Horror fiction.

This list features horror fiction by BIPOC authors published within the last 3 years.

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro

The Spite House by Johnny Compton

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell

Piñata by Leopoldo Gout

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Morena-Garcia

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele

Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn

Manmade Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

Chlorine by Jade Song

Midnight Storm Moonless Sky: Indigenous Horror Stories by Alex Soop

There's No Way I'd Die First by Lisa Springer

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality: Stories by Lindsay Wong

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth

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30 Fantasy fiction by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Road of the Lost by Nafiza Azad

A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Björkan Sagas by Harold R. Johnson

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin

The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

The Return of the Sorceress by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Famished Road by Ben Okri

Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi

The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

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midnitelibrary · 2 years

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New zine! New zine!

I did the cover and a few spot illustrations, @MidniteLibrary did most of the work

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midnitelibrary · 2 years

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I came across @bookclub4m today while I was trying to find non-hoity-toity, fun book podcasts, and it's excellent, I highly recommend.

From what I've listened to so far, it's part show-case of books in a given genre and part discussion of the genre + library stuff, which as a big nerd, I love.

If you've got more fun book podcast recs you want to sling my way, have at it.

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midnitelibrary · 3 years

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#NFTumblcryptids

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midnitelibrary · 6 years

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It’s our Best of 2018 episode! Of course, these are not necessarily the best things published in 2018, but instead the best things we read for the podcast (including everything from Family Sagas to Nature/Outdoors Non-Fiction) and the best we read of everything else. Join us for our #libfaves18!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Favourite books read for the podcast

Fiction

Meghan: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (Episode 045 - Family Sagas)

Anna: Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell (Episode 049 - Southern Gothic)

Matthew: Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North (Episode 053 - Comedic Science Fiction & Fantasy)

RJ: Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (Episode 053 - Comedic Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Non-Fiction:

Anna: This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins (Episode 051 - Essay Collections)

Matthew: Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga by Hirohiko Araki (Episode 047 - Creative Writing/Books About Writing)

RJ: Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley (Episode 059 - Food and Cooking)

Meghan: My Conversations with Canadians by Lee Maracle (Episode 051 - Essay Collections)

Favourite books we read not for the podcast

Fiction

Matthew: Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

RJ: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Meghan: The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

Anna: Jørn Lier Horst (Anna talked about his book The Caveman for Episode 057 - Nordic/Scandinavian Noir)

Here’s Jørn Lier Horst’s tweet about us!

Non-Fiction:

RJ: Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

Meghan: The Flaneur: A Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris by Edmund White

Anna: Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World by Mark Pendergrast

Matthew: Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall by Tim Mohr

Other

Meghan: The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill

Matthew: Last of the Sandwalkers by Jay Hosler

Matthew talked about this one in Episode 062 - French and Dinosaurs and Beetles and Cereal

RJ: "Revenant" from Invasions by Calvin Gimpelevich

Anna:

Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal

E-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning by Ruth C. Clark and Richard E. Mayer

Runner ups (not necessarily mentioned in the podcast)

Meghan:

Non-Fiction

Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence

War's Unwomanly Face by Svetlana Alexievich

The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience by Jennifer Pharr Davis

The Little Book of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont and Manjit Thapp

What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen by Kate Fagan

Sci Fi: Home by Nnedi Okorafor

Romance: A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson

Graphic Novel: Spinning by Tillie Walden

Poetry: A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom

Middle-grade/YA: The Agony of Bun O'Keefe by Heather Smith

Anna:

My Neighbor Totoro

Matthew:

Non-Fiction: How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveller by Ryan North

Graphic Novels:

Persephone by Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky (So good!)

About Betty's Boob by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau (Great!)

Erased, vol. 1 by Kei Sanbe

Frankenstein by Junji Ito

Fatherland by Nina Bunjevac

Ménage à 3, vol. 1 by Gisèle Lagacé and David Lumsdon (webcomic)

Gunnerkrigg Court, vol. 4-5 by Tom Siddell (webcomic)

Order of the Stick by Rich Burlew (webcomic)

Dimension W by Yuji Iwahara

Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui

Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa

Dodo by Felipe Nunes

RJ

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Crunch, the Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap and Greg Pizzoli

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe by Ryan North and Erica Henderson

Links, Articles, and Things

Hark! Episode 146: Fuck Yes Dragon Tuesday

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Check out our Pinterest board and Tumblr posts, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email!

Join us again on Tuesday, January 15th we’ll be talking about Bizarro Fiction!

Then on Tuesday, February 5th we’ll be talking about Erotic Romance! (Just in time for Valentine’s Day!)

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midnitelibrary · 6 years

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I still have some copies of the printed version, so if any of the people who contributed and didn't get a copy want one, send me a message!

Here’s the 2018 ALA Comic Jam! #alaac18 Download a PDF version here. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the 2018 ALA Comic Jam created at the American Library Association Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. To see previous Jam Comics from ALA go to http://zinepavilion.tumblr.com/zines

Cover

Andrea Puttkammer (@PrincessSakura258)

Page 1

Becca Hillburn (@NattoSoup)

Kat Kruger

Cat Farris (@Cattifer)

Frank Cammuso (@FrankCammuso)

Gene Ha (@GeneHa)

Page 2

No names provided

Page 3

Nathan Hale

Jim McClain

Aron Steinke

Andy Runton

Sean O’Neill

Page 4

Cat Farris (@Cattifer)

Page 5

Andy Runton

Frank Cammuso

Cat Farris (@cattifer)

Becca Hillburn (@nattosoup)

Andrea Puttkammer (@PrincessSakura258)

Anna Puttkammer (@SwirlyCat147)

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Benjamin Reiss

Julie Rocheleau

Maria Heg

Luke Howard

Hope Amico (@GutWrenchPress)

Edited by Matthew Murray (@MidniteLibrary)

(Not everyone provided their name, so not everyone is credited.)

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midnitelibrary · 6 years

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Something I made for the next issue of Two-Fisted Library Stories. I’ll be tabling at Grid Zine Fest in Salt Lake City on April 14th.

#zines #wrestling

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midnitelibrary · 7 years

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It’s October which means it’s time for our Halloween episode! We talk about our favourite spooooooky movies, books, comics, video games, and more! Plus: Early Canadian history!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessica F

Books (& relevant links)

Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix

The Little People (Nazi Leprechauns)

Armageddon Film FAQ by Dale Sherman; which was mentioned way back in Episode #11 on Religion (fiction), of all things

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

The Girl Under the Bed by Dave Chua and Xiao Yan

Uzumaki by Junji Ito

Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu by Junji Ito

Urban/Paranormal Fantasy for non-spooky Halloween reading:

Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs

Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews

The Mediator series by Meg Cabot

The Voodoo Killings by Kristi Charish

Women of the Otherworld series by Kelly Armstrong

Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton

Stephen King and horror, maybe-horror, and not-at-all-horror books:

The Stand

On Writing: A Memoir of Craft

Desperation

Under the Dome

Gunslinger (Dark Tower Series)

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

Stephen King’s progeny, Joe Hill, writes great horror books too:

The Fireman

Heart-Shaped Box

NOS4R2

Locke and Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

Wytches, Vol. 1 by Scott Snyder and Jock

The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag

Basic Witches: How to Summon Success, Banish Drama, and Raise Hell with Your Coven by Jaya Saxena and Jess Zimmerman

Art by Camille Chew (and more witches)

How To Make Calling Yourself a Witch Your Whole Personality

The scare your child(hood self) silly section:

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell

The Little Giant Book of ��True” Ghost Stories: 84 Scary Tales by Arthur Myers, John Macklin, Margaret Rau, and Jim Sharpe

The Ghost Wore Gray by Bruce Coville

Other ghost books from Anna’s childhood include Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn, Ghost Cadet by Elaine Marie Alphin, and A Ghost in the Window by Betty Ren Wright (and a lot of other books by Betty Ren Wright)

Goosebumps by R. L. Stine

Fear Street by R. L. Stine

Christopher Pike

Haunting at Hill House by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The House on the Borderland by Richard Corben, Simon Revelstroke, and William Hope Hodgson

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Comic version adapted/art by P. Craig Russell

Unheimlich and the uncanny

ZombieWorld: Champion Of The Worms by Mike Mignola and Pat McEown

Tintin

Yves Chaland

Ligne Claire

Liō by Mark Tatulli

Slug Theater

Salt girl

Kitaro and the Great Tanuki War by Shigeru Mizuki

Mokumokuren

Movies

It Follows (no clowns)

It (clowns)

The Cabin in the Woods

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

Evil Dead

Evil Dead the Musical

Ginger Snaps

Ginger Snaps Back

The Lure (“evil mermaids that run a nightclub, and also vampires are involved”)

What We Do in the Shadows

Coraline (the movie)

Video Games

Dead Space

Gone Home

PT

Silent Hill

Anatomy

Matthew managed to combine two different streaming shows

Let’s Nope (horror games, sometimes terrible)

Watch+Play (many genres including horror, always terrible)

Links, Articles, and Things

Halloween tombstones made by friend of the podcast Colleen Frakes

The Wikipedia page for Jack-o’-lanterns includes photos of some made from turnips

Upper Canada and Lower Canada

Upper Canada Village

Photo from the cocktail party in an abandoned hospital Matthew mentioned

Selkie

Jump scare

Questions

Is it worse to see horrible images or have to picture them in your mind?

Do you read things for Halloween?

Check out our Pinterest board and Tumblr posts for all our Halloween favourites, follow us on Twitter, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email!

Join us again on Tuesday, October 17th, when we’ll talk about Non-Fiction Travel.

Then come back on Tuesday, November 7th, when we’ll be discussing recent books we’ve read!

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midnitelibrary · 7 years

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Photo from a cocktail party in an abandoned hospital 15 years ago.

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midnitelibrary · 7 years

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The minicomic we put together at #alaac17. Thanks to all the creators who contributed!

You can download a (much) higher quality PDF here.

Hey! Where’s the page I drew stuff for? Unfortunately I only got four of the ten pages I passed out back. Some of these were never started, but I have no idea what happened to others. If your art surfaces I ’m happy to update the digital version of this comic to include it.

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midnitelibrary · 7 years

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The minicomic we put together at #alaac17. Thanks to all the creators who contributed!

You can download a (much) higher quality PDF here.

Hey! Where’s the page I drew stuff for? Unfortunately I only got four of the ten pages I passed out back. Some of these were never started, but I have no idea what happened to others. If your art surfaces I ’m happy to update the digital version of this comic to include it.

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midnitelibrary · 7 years

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